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| Acknowledgments |
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| About the Author |
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PART I THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY |
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1 Taking a New Look at a Familiar World |
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Sociology and the Individual |
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The Insights of Sociology |
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The Sociological imagination |
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2 Seeing and Thinking Sociologically |
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How Individuals Structure Society |
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Social Influence: The Impact of Other People in Our Everyday Lives |
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Societal Influence: The Effect of Social Structure on Our Everyday Lives |
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Social Structure in a Global Context |
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Three Perspectives on Social Order |
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The Structural-Functionalist Perspective |
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PART II THE CONSTRUCTION OF SELF AND SOCIETY |
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3 Building Reality: The Social Construction of Knowledge |
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Understanding the Social Construction of Reality |
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Laying the Foundation: The Bases of Reality |
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Self-Fulfilling Prophecies |
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Faith and Incorrigible Propositions |
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Building the Walls: Conflict, Power, and Social Institutions |
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38 | (3) |
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39 | (1) |
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The Medium Is the Message |
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Appreciating the Contributions of Sociological Research |
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The Empirical Nature of Sociological Research |
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Qualitative and Quantitative Research |
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Theories, Variables, and Hypotheses |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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The Trustworthiness of Social Research |
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49 | (4) |
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49 | (1) |
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Values, Interests, and Ethics in Sociological Research |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (1) |
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4 Building Order: Culture and History |
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57 | (3) |
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Material and Nonmaterial Culture |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (2) |
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Cultural Expectations and Social Order |
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60 | (6) |
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Social Institutions and Cultural Norms |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (2) |
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Cultural Relativism and Ethnocentrism |
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64 | (2) |
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Cultural Variation and Everyday Experience |
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66 | (6) |
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66 | (3) |
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69 | (3) |
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72 | (1) |
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72 | (1) |
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5 Building Identity: Socialization |
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Genes, Social Structure, and the Construction of Human Beings |
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Socialization: Becoming You |
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77 | (6) |
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The Differentiation of Self |
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Language Acquisition and the Looking-Glass Self |
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The Development of Role Taking |
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79 | (2) |
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The Self in a Cultural Context |
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Growing Up With Inequality |
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83 | (5) |
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83 | (1) |
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Institutions and Socialization |
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88 | (4) |
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88 | (1) |
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92 | (1) |
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6 Supporting Identity: The Presentation of Self |
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Forming Impressions of Others |
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95 | (4) |
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95 | (1) |
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Is Beauty Only Skin Deep? |
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96 | (1) |
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Verbal and Nonverbal Expression |
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Dramaturgy: Actors on a Social Stage |
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Front Stage and Back Stage |
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101 | (1) |
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The Surgical Alteration of Appearance |
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102 | (1) |
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Social Influences on Impression Management |
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104 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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Mismanaging Impressions: Spoiled Identities |
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107 | (4) |
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107 | (1) |
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Remedies for Spoiled Identities |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (1) |
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7 Building Social Relationships: Intimacy and Families |
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113 | (25) |
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114 | (2) |
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Social Diversity and Intimate Choices |
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116 | (3) |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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Racial and Ethnic Endogamy |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (1) |
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119 | (6) |
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120 | (1) |
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Historical Trends in Family Life |
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Trends in Family Structure |
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122 | (1) |
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122 | (1) |
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Cultural Variation in Intimacy and Family |
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Family and Social Structure |
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How Other Institutions Influence Family |
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The Influence of Law and Politics |
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The Influence of Religion |
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126 | (1) |
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The Influence of Economics |
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127 | (1) |
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How Social Diversity Influences Family |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (8) |
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129 | (1) |
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The Normalization of Divorce |
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129 | (1) |
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Children, Divorce, and Single Parenting |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (1) |
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Intimate-Partner Violence |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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Intimate Violence in a Cultural Context |
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133 | (1) |
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Personal and Institutional Responses to Intimate Violence |
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134 | (2) |
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136 | (1) |
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8 Constructing Difference: Social Deviance |
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138 | (27) |
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140 | (4) |
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Absolutist Definitions of Deviance |
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140 | (2) |
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Relativist Definitions of Deviance |
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142 | (2) |
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Explaining Deviant Behavior |
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144 | (5) |
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Linking Power, Deviance, and Social Control |
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149 | (9) |
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The Criminalization of Deviance |
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149 | (1) |
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The Social Reality of Crime |
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150 | (3) |
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Wealthy, Corporate, and White-Collar Crime |
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153 | (2) |
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The Menace of "Illegal" Drugs |
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155 | (3) |
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The Medicalization of Deviance |
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158 | (4) |
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Individualizing Complex Social Issues |
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159 | (2) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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PART III SOCIAL STRUCTURE, INSTITUTIONS, AND EVERYDAY LIFE |
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165 | (150) |
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9 The Structure of Society: Organizations, Social Institutions, and Globalization |
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166 | (19) |
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Social Structure and Everyday Life |
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168 | (2) |
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Social Dilemmas: Individual Interests and Structural Needs |
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170 | (1) |
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The Tragedy of the Commons |
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170 | (1) |
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The Structure of Formal Organizations |
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Bureaucracies: Playing by the Rules |
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172 | (2) |
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The Construction of Organizational Reality |
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174 | (1) |
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Organizations and Institutions |
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175 | (3) |
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Organizational Networks Within Institutions |
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175 | (1) |
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Institutional Pressures Toward Similarity |
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176 | (2) |
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Globalization and Social Institutions |
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178 | (5) |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (2) |
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183 | (1) |
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10 The Architecture of Stratification: Social Class and Inequality |
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185 | (31) |
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186 | (2) |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
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188 | (5) |
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Sociological Perspectives on Stratification |
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189 | (1) |
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The Structural-Functionalist View of Stratification |
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189 | (1) |
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The Conflict View of Stratification |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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Neo-Marxist Models of Stratification |
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192 | (1) |
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Weber's Model of Stratification |
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193 | (1) |
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Class Inequality in the United States |
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193 | (18) |
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193 | (3) |
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196 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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What Poverty Means in the United States |
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200 | (1) |
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200 | (1) |
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201 | (1) |
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The Consequences of Poverty |
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204 | (1) |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (1) |
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Enduring Disparities in Income and Wealth |
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206 | (2) |
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The Social "Benefits" of Poverty |
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208 | (1) |
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The Ideology of Competitive Individualism |
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209 | (2) |
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Global Development and Inequality |
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211 | (2) |
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211 | (1) |
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Global Financial Organizations |
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211 | (1) |
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Multinational Corporations |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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11 The Architecture of Inequality: Race and Ethnicity |
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216 | (31) |
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Race and Ethnicity: More Than Just Biology |
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218 | (4) |
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Histories of Oppression and Inequality |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (4) |
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222 | (2) |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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Racial and Ethnic Relations |
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226 | (16) |
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227 | (1) |
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Prejudice and Discrimination |
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227 | (2) |
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The Privilege of Coloriessness |
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229 | (1) |
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Class, Race, and Discrimination |
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230 | (1) |
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The Cultural Ideology of Racism |
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231 | (1) |
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231 | (1) |
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The Myth of Innate Racial Inferiority |
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232 | (1) |
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Institutional Racism: Injustice Built Into the System |
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233 | (1) |
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Racial Inequality in the Economic System |
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234 | (1) |
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Racial Inequality in the Health Care System |
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235 | (3) |
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Racial Inequality in the Educational System |
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238 | (2) |
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Remedies for Institutional Racism |
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240 | (2) |
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Global Perspectives on Racism |
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242 | (2) |
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244 | (1) |
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245 | (1) |
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12 The Architecture of Inequality: Sex and Gender |
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247 | (28) |
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Sexism at the Personal Level |
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248 | (9) |
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Sexism and Social Interaction |
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249 | (2) |
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Sexual Identity and Sexual Orientation |
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251 | (1) |
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Sexual Violence Against Women |
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252 | (1) |
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Rape as a Means of Social Control |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (3) |
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The Ideology of Sexism: Biology as Destiny |
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257 | (2) |
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Institutions and Gender Inequality |
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259 | (12) |
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Masculinized Institutions |
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259 | (1) |
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Gender Inequality in Health and Health Care |
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260 | (1) |
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Gender Inequality at Home |
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261 | (3) |
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Gender Inequality in Education |
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264 | (2) |
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Gender Inequality in the Economy |
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266 | (2) |
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The Sex-Segregated Workplace |
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268 | (1) |
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269 | (2) |
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The Global Devaluation of Women |
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271 | (2) |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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13 Demographic Dynamics: Population Trends |
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275 | (19) |
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The Influence of Birth Cohorts |
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277 | (4) |
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278 | (1) |
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279 | (1) |
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The Millennium Generation |
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279 | (1) |
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The Post-Millennium Generation |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (7) |
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281 | (1) |
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Global Imbalances in Population Growth |
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281 | (2) |
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Politics, Culture, and Population Growth |
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283 | (2) |
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285 | (2) |
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287 | (1) |
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Migration Within a Country |
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287 | (1) |
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Migration From One Country to Another |
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287 | (1) |
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Population Trends in the United States |
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288 | (4) |
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Immigration and the Changing Face of the United States |
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289 | (1) |
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The "Graying" of the United States |
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290 | (2) |
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292 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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293 | (1) |
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14 Architects of Change: Reconstructing Society |
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294 | (21) |
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296 | (7) |
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The Speed of Social Change |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (1) |
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Environmental and Population Pressures |
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299 | (1) |
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Cultural and Technological Innovation |
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300 | (3) |
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Diffusion of Technologies and Cultural Practices |
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303 | (1) |
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303 | (8) |
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Types of Social Movements |
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304 | (1) |
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Elements of Social Movements |
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305 | (1) |
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306 | (2) |
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308 | (1) |
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309 | (1) |
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Political Opportunity Structure |
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310 | (1) |
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The Sociological Imagination Revisited |
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311 | (2) |
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313 | (1) |
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314 | (1) |
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314 | (1) |
| Glossary |
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315 | (6) |
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321 | (61) |
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